More than 40 years of experience in areas associated with the properties and processing of conventional and synthetic fuels. He has participated in, as well as led, significant research in defining the use of chemistry of heavy oil and coal.

Has more than 40 years of experience in areas associated with the properties and processing of conventional and synthetic fuels. He has participated in, as well as led, significant research in defining the use of chemistry of heavy oil and coal. He has well over 300 publications, reports, and presentations detailing these research activities and has taught more than 40 related courses.

He is currently editor of the journal Petroleum Science and Technology (formerly Fuel Science and Technology International), editor of the journal Energy Sources, and co-editor of the journal, Reviews in Process Chemistry and Engineering. He is recognized as a world leader in the areas of fuel characterization and development. He is also Adjunct Professor of Chemistry and Adjunct Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Wyoming, as well as Adjunct Professor of Chemical and Fuels Engineering at the University of Utah.

He is the author/editor/compiler of more than 20 books and bibliographies related to fossil fuel processing and environmental issues. As a result of his work, he was awarded the Diploma of Honor, National Petroleum Engineering Society, For Outstanding Contributions to the Petroleum Industry in 1995 and the Gold Medal of Russian Academy of Sciences (Natural) for Outstanding Work in the Area of Petroleum Science in 1996. He has also received the Specialist Invitation Program Speakers Award from NEDO (New Energy Development Organization, Government of Japan) in 1987 and again in 1996 for his Contributions to Coal Research. He also received the degree of Doctor of Sciences from the Scientific Research Geological Exploration Institute (VNIGRI), St. Petersburg, Russia, for Exceptional Work in Petroleum Science in 1997. In 2001, he was also awarded the Einstein Medal of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Natural) in recognition of Outstanding Contributions and Service in the field of Geologic Sciences.

Summary of Qualifications: 

More than forty years of experience in areas associated with 

1. The properties and recovery of reservoir fluids, including heavy oil, and tar sand bitumen, 
2. Refining conventional petroleum as well as heavy oil, tar sand bitumen, synthetic fuels, and biofuels, 
3. The properties of fuels, synthetic fuels, and biofuels,
4. The properties, behavior, and processing of natural gas, including gas-to-liquids, 
5. The properties and behavior of coal, including coal liquids
6. The properties and behavior of oil shale, including shale oil. 

His work has also focused on the environmental effects and remediation technologies related to fossil fuel and synthetic fuel processing with special focus on high-boiling petroleum residues and coal tar, on the environment as well as the regulations pertaining to such products. 

• Author of more than four hundred publications, reports, and presentations. 
• Taught more than seventy courses. 
• Editor and Founding Editor, Petroleum Science and Technology. 
• Editor, Energy Sources. Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects. 
• Editor, Energy Sources. Part B: Economics, Planning, and Policy. 
• Adjunct Professor of Chemical and Fuels Engineering, University of Utah. 
• Visiting Professor, University of Trinidad and Tobago. 
• Visiting Professor at the Technical University of Denmark (Lyngby, Denmark), University of Petroleum (Beijing, China), University of Regina (Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada), and University of Akron (Akron, Ohio, USA). 
• Author and co-author of more than forty books and bibliographies related to fossil fuels, synthetic fuels, biofuels, fuels processing, and environmental issues. 

Education:

• B.Sc. Chemistry, University of Manchester, England
• Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, University of Manchester, England

Employment:

CD & W Inc., 1998 - Present

Consultant/Author/Lecturer on energy, environmental, and business issues

Western Research Institute, 1984 - 1998
1990 - 1998 Chief Executive Officer
1984 - 1990 Chief Scientific Officer and Executive Vice President

Exxon Research and Engineering Company
Research Associate, 1980 - 1984

Alberta Research Council
Manager, Coal Technology Information Center, 1978 - 1980
Research Officer, 1967 - 1980

University of Manchester
Research Fellow in Chemistry, 1965 - 1967
 

Awards:

• Diploma of Honor, National Petroleum Engineering Society. 1995. For Outstanding Contributions to the Petroleum Industry. 
• Gold Medal, Russian Academy of Sciences. 1996. For Outstanding Work in the Area of Petroleum Science in 1996. 
• Specialist Invitation Program Speakers Award, NEDO (New Energy Development Organization, Government of Japan). 1987 and 1996. For Contributions to Coal Research. 
• Doctor of Sciences, Scientific Research Geological Exploration Institute (VNIGRI), St. Petersburg, Russia. 1997. For Exceptional Work in Petroleum Science. 
• Einstein Medal, Russian Academy of Sciences. 2001. In recognition of Outstanding Contributions and Service in the Field of Geologic Sciences. 
• Gold Medal - Scientists Without Frontiers, Russian Academy of Sciences. 2005. In recognition of Continuous Encouragement of Scientists to Work Together Across International Borders. 
• Methanex Distinguished Professor, University of Trinidad and Tobago.  In Recognition of Excellence in Research. 2006. 
• Gold Medal – Giants of Science and Engineering, Russian Academy of Sciences. 2006. In recognition of Continued Excellence in Science and Engineering. 2006. 
• Doctorate in Petroleum Engineering. Dubna University, Moscow, Russia. In Recognition of Outstanding Contributions in the Field of Petroleum Engineering. 2012.